BACTRIANE - DIODOTE I or DIODOTE II (256-225 B.C.)... Lot 5

BACTRIANE - DIODOTE I or DIODOTE II (256-225 B.C.) Gold statue. 8.36 g. A/ Diademed head of the king on the right. R/ BASILEWS/ DIODOTOU Zeus walking on the left, the aegis on the left shoulder, brandishing a thunderbolt with his right hand; an eagle at his feet on the left; a crown in the field on the left. Bop. series 5, n° 10, pl. 1 - SNG ANS. 82, pl. 6 - HGC. 12/ 20. Rare. APC to superb. Provenance: Ratto, January 4, 1946.